Hi everyone, welcome to the fourth monthly update.

As a quick reminder, fulfilment for this project is being handled by Tuesday Knight Games. I need to have all materials shipped to their warehouses before July 2026 and I’m happy to confirm that everything remains on schedule.

I'm at the stage where I need to lock-in a colour scheme for the module. I've been quite enjoying Backerkit's poll feature - so I thought it would be fun to let you, the backers, vote on the colour scheme.

I've recently discovered an excellent series of blog posts by Sam Sorensen (from OVER/UNDER) about editing your RPGs. As such, I find myself frequently revisiting the text of Prospero Protocols, making improvements. Those of you who've supported my previous work will know that this will be the biggest zine I've produced by myself, so it's easy to keep feeling like the writing isn't 'finished'.

I'm still doing the 'rough' illustrations for the module - this takes a long time as I often have to draw multiple versions of the same image, changing it every time until I find something I'm happy with. 

This project has caused me to start learning how to do 3D modelling with Blender. I don't want to replace my current art with 3D models, but rough 3D models would assist me as a guide in drawing non-standard shapes (i.e. spaceships) from interesting angles.

After I reviewed all the artwork I had in the zine, I was kind've disappointed - a lot of the things I wanted to illustrate, I didn't have the space to draw! So, I've added an additional four pages to make room for more artwork. This has pushed back progress a bit, but I think it will be worth it and we're still on schedule.

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Hi everyone, welcome to the third monthly update.

As a quick reminder, fulfilment for this project is being handled by Tuesday Knight Games. I need to have all materials shipped to their warehouses before July 2026 and I’m happy to confirm that everything remains on schedule.

The early bird patches have arrived at the warehouse and are ready to be distributed when shipping commences. 

A whopping 479 of you also backed DRINK FROM THE HIPPOCRENE from And Tomorrow Games. Which means you'll receive a free digital one-shot from us called: There's Cryptids.

The one-shot's premise stems from an interesting discussion me and Andrew had about the 'Wirral Cat Man', the UCR Succubus and acid rain. 

Andrew will write the first draft, and I’ll handle layout and artwork. Since this is a digital reward, we’re prioritising the physical rewards first to stay on track for the July deadline. 

Last month's poll placed #3 as the most popular Sniffer concept, which was my favourite too. I love that the victim’s nose has been replaced by the creature’s own nostrils(?) on the back of its caterpillar/slug body.

Above is concept art for another Chapter 3 creature: the Angler. Inspired by how a male anglerfish gets absorbed and essentially becomes a vestigial appendage. I imagined a person reduced to nothing more than a mouth and a lure. And what better lure than a free firearm, because I figure that's gonna be pretty hard for a Mothership player to pass up.

Hi everyone, welcome to the second monthly update.

As a quick reminder, fulfilment for this project is being handled by Tuesday Knight Games. I need to have all materials shipped to their warehouses before July 2026 and I’m happy to confirm that everything remains on schedule.

I took a break over Christmas and New Year while my family were visiting me here in the Netherlands. The layout is complete but not finalised as I typically continue to adjust it during the illustration phase. The next major step will be illustration so hence why there isn’t much artwork to show now.

I’ll be streaming while I'm illustrating on my YouTube channel so you’ll be able to watch the process live, feel free to pop-in and say 'hi'.

I have already started illustrating some of the horrors. Below is a 'Sniffer' from Chapter Three: an alien slug that turns its host into a zombie and can detect raised cortisol levels (meaning it actively hunts the most stressed characters). Please vote in the poll to let me know which version you prefer.

Based on the results of the last update’s poll, I finalised the Android Clown design. This has now been sent to the patch-maker and the patches should be arriving at the US warehouse later this month, ready for distribution.

On February 1st, I’ll be launching a new crowdfunding campaign for my next Mothership tri-fold, CAIN SUN. In this module, players take on the role of alien parasites competing to control a single human host.

You can probably tell I'm vibing parasites right now. If that sounds interesting, I’d really appreciate you checking out the campaign page and signing up to be notified when it goes live.

Creating Mothership content is my full-time job and Mothership Month (October) and Zine Quest (February) are the two crowdfunding events in the year that make it sustainable. Skipping either of them is not something I can realistically do.

This will not impact delivery. Fulfilment for Mothership Month is being handled by Tuesday Knight Games and won’t begin until later this year. Even if Prospero Protocols were finished today, it would still be waiting for that same fulfilment window before it could be shipped.

I won’t begin production work on CAIN SUN until Prospero Protocols is finished. Prospero Protocols remains my priority, I can't wait to share my rules for psychic players with you and to hear your stories about what happened in your games. I’ve successfully delivered all of my previous crowdfunding campaigns, I stream my work publicly and I’m always contactable if you have questions or want to check in on progress.

As always, thank you for your continued support. It genuinely makes this work possible.

Hi everyone, the first of our monthly updates

Fulfilment of physical products is being organised by Tuesday Knight Games. I need to ship everything to their warehouses before July 2026, and I can confirm I'm still on schedule.

Prospero Protocols
This is the main area of work right now. There’s nothing really visually interesting to share yet as I’m currently just revising the text, improving it and playtesting elements of it.

Aurora
Aurora is the first Mothership module I wrote, it has now been updated to 1E and was first offered to my Mothership Month backers as an add-on. As part of that update we’ve created new cover art to distinguish the editions and I can share a WIP of that new cover here:

Early Bird Patch
Backers from the first 48 hours of the campaign will receive a free embroidered patch. I’ve put together three possible designs you can vote on. I’ll finalise the design on Monday and move it into production:

This is it everyone, just one day left before the campaign closes!

If you’ve already backed, thank you so much for helping bring this project to life! We still have one more stretch goal left and with one last push, we can unlock some more content for you. Please take a moment to share the campaign on your socials, every post helps someone new discover it. Or, please consider reviewing your pledge, we've got some of my other modules available as add-ons and a new pledge level.

If you’ve been following but haven’t pledged yet, now’s the time. For just 8 euros ($9.25), you can get three one-shots and a set of rules for playing as a psychic. And all of the stretch goals that weren't unlocked at the campaign start.

This will be my last update before the campaign ends. The next time you hear from me, it’ll be in my monthly progress updates. Until then, let's all stick to protocol!